The Blanchard Brd.1 was a French reconnaissance flying boat, to the 1923 STAé HB.3 specification, used by the French navy in the 1920s. It was a large biplane with two engines mounted in the gap between the wings, each engine driving a pusher propeller. In 1924, one Brd.1 was used to set several world altitude records for seaplanes.
| Brd.1 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Blanchard |
| Primary user | Aéronautique Maritime |
| Number built | 24 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1923 |
| First flight | 1922 |
| Retired | 1926 |
Operators
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Units using this aircraft
edit- Escadrille 5R1
Specifications
editData from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924,[1] Aviafrance:Blanchard Brd-1[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 3/4
- Length: 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 19.2 m (63 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 85 m2 (910 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,765 kg (8,300 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fe V-8 water-cooled piston engines, 190 kW (260 hp) each
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
- Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
- Time to altitude: 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 30 minutes
- Wing loading: 43 kg/m2 (8.8 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.1034 kW/kg (0.0629 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-gun on flexible mount in bow
- 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine-gun in flexible mount in rear fuselage
- 290 kg (640 lb) of bombs
See also
editAircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
edit- ^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1924). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 93b–94b.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (22 February 1998). "Blanchard Brd-1, Hydravion de reconnaissance par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
Further reading
edit- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 161.